Feds Urge Vaccination as ‘Tripledemic’ Hits More Americans
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Flu, RSV and COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm of respiratory disease that is overwhelming the nation’s health care systems.Vaccination will be key to getting through the winter holidays with your health in…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Tweaked COVID Booster as Third Shot for Kids Under 5
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants and young children could soon receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine as part of their three-dose series. Pfizer Inc. on Monday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to have the vaccine that targets t…
Learn MoreDynamically Updating Models Can Improve Prediction of COVID-19 Survival
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dynamically updating models can improve prediction of 28-day survival in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online Nov. 10 in Nature Communications.Todd J. Levy, from the Feinstein I…
Learn MoreThere Are No Useful Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Left Against New COVID Variants
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants.This last monoclonal antibody was bebt…
Learn MoreU.S. to End Mpox Public Health Emergency in January
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Mpox cases are down significantly in the United States, prompting the federal government to plan not to renew an emergency designation for the virus when it expires late next month. “Given the low number of ca…
Learn MoreBacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The Laundress, a laundry and cleaning products company, has recalled nearly 8 million of its products over concerns they may be contaminated with various bacteria.The bacteria include Burkholderia cepacia comple…
Learn More‘COVID-somnia’ May Be Easing as Americans Report Better Sleep
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Finally, more than two years into the pandemic, Americans are sleeping better. A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) found that 31% of people have had insomnia since the pandemic began…
Learn MoreImmune System T-Cells Can Still Fight COVID Variants, But for How Long?
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While people’s immune system T-cells can still target the spike proteins of the COVID coronavirus, their power to do so is waning over time, researchers report.As the virus continues to mutate, T-cell recogniti…
Learn MoreLos productos de pollo relleno congelados y los microondas: una receta para la salmonela
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tras repetidos brotes de salmonella en EE. UU. vinculados con productos de pollo congelados, empanados y rellenos, los investigadores apuntan ahora a la cocción en el microondas como un factor clave e…
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